Life Ownership Orientation and Attitudes toward Abortion, Suicide, Doctor-Assisted Suicide, and Capital Punishment.

Ross, Lisa Thomson; Kaplan, Kalman J.

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ERIC Number: EJ477172

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Publication Date: 1994

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Life Ownership Orientation and Attitudes toward Abortion, Suicide, Doctor-Assisted Suicide, and Capital Punishment.

Ross, Lisa Thomson; Kaplan, Kalman J.

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, v28 n1 p17-30 1993-94

Examined life ownership orientation (extent to which one believes that God, individual, or society has power over one's life) among 117 college students who completed Life Ownership Orientation Questionnaire (LOOQ). Found LOOQ scores demonstrated higher predictive validity with regard to attitudes toward abortion, suicide, doctor-assisted suicide, and capital punishment than did measures of religiosity and political liberalism/conservatism. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Abortions, Capital Punishment, College Students, Death, Euthanasia, Higher Education, Individual Power, Locus of Control, Physicians, Student Attitudes, Suicide

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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